Shellbrook
Chronicle
The Voice Of The Parkland Since 1912
www.shellbrookchronicle.com VOLUME 100
SHELLBROOK, SASKATCHEWAN
PMR #40007604
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011
No. 52
The Year that was 2011
January Larry Spriggs of Prince Albert was the winner of the early bird prize of the Shellbrook and Disticts Health Services Project Cash Lotto, drawn New Years Eve in Canwood. *** The community once again came through for those less fortunate this holiday season with record contributions to the Shellbrook Ministerial Association Christmas Hamper program. For the past number of years the Shellbrook Ministerial Association has collected non perishable food items and cash donations to fund the hampers delivered in the days before Christmas. Though contributions this year were higher than ever, Shellbrook Ministerial member John Slemming said the number of hampers delivered was down from last year. In 2010, 38 hampers were delivered while 42 were delivered the year before. Non perishable food items not put into hampers will go toward the start up of the Shellbrook and area Ministerial Foodbank. *** A local couple helped make the Christmas of one visiting family a bright one this year. Tim and Michelle Vanbruggen of St. Albert, AB lost a couple of plastic travel totes while traveling from their home to Michelle’s parents home in Prince Albert. The plastic totes were strapped down in the back of a flat deck truck and contained the family of five’s luggage and Christmas gifts. Don and June Moe, of Shellbrook, came across some items on the road on their way back from Christmas Eve church in Parkside that evening. At first they thought the debris was garbage but once they got closer they realized it was luggage. They stopped and June gathered up the items and threw them into the truck. Among the baby clothes, diapers and other personal items was a piece of paper with an email address on it. The couple sent an email to the address and received a quick response. Though the clothing was recovered, the
After more than 10 years of fund raising construction finally began on the Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Health Complex on Shellbrook’s west side this spring.
tote including the Christmas gifts was not found. *** The Shellbrook Kinsmen club maximized Sarcan’s donation to Telemiracle while encouraging recycling in the community with their latest endeavour. The club has placed a garbage bin, donated by TJ Disposals, for the collection of cardboard and plastic milk containers at the Shellbrook Elementary School,
just off the corner of Third Avenue East and Main Street. Containers collected will be taken to Sarcan before the end of February to help top up the organization’s donation to Telemiracle. Through the “Crush it” program Sarcan contributes $350 for every metric tonne of plastic jugs and $150 for every tonne of paper milk cartons to the cause.
*** The high school students at WP Sandin annually celebrate the Christmas season with a variety of activities, dress-up days, and formal banquet but were challenged this year to go beyond the traditional fun and games to give of themselves. Continued on page 2
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